1st Edition

Critical Issues in ELT

Edited By Ruchi Kaushik, A.L. Khanna Copyright 2025
360 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

360 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

360 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

ELT, a vast and growing field of research, has now moved beyond primary concerns related to developing learners’ proficiency in the language and designing curricula, syllabi, materials and assessment tools. It is witnessing rapid development towards de-centralizing and de-elitizing English, promoting multilingual approaches for teaching English and bridging the gap between language-in-education... Read more

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Introduction

I. Multilingualism

1. To Teach or Not to Teach Code-Mixed English? Translanguaging Hindi-English

Tej K. Bhatia

2. ‘Warm Welcome or Cold Shoulder’: Demystifying (‘Positively Noxious’) English in the Multilingual Indian Classroom

Shree Deepa and Geetha Durairajan

3. From a Monolingual to a Multilingual Approach in Language Teaching

Susanna Schwab

II. Critical Pedagogy

4. Critical Pedagogy and English Language Teaching in India

Sunita Mishra

5. Processes and Protocols of Discourse Oriented Pedagogy Towards Resisting Linguistic Imperialism

Anandan Narayanan

6. Critical Literacy as a Way of Negotiating Meanings with Stories

Prachi Kalra

7. Making Daffodils Bloom for Everyone: The Flowering of Critical Pedagogy in the ESL Classroom

M. Raja Vishwanathan

III. Continuing Professional Development

8. The Dimensions of Continuing Professional Development

Rod Bolitho

9. Learner Feedback as a Tool for Teacher Learning and Continuing Professional Development

K. Padmini Shankar

10. Data-led Reflection for Self-directed Continuous Professional Development

Mala Palani

11. An Action Research Project Exploring Peer Mentoring Enabling CPD 172

Monishita Hajra Pande

IV. Materials Development

12. Training Teachers to be Materials Writers

Rod Bolitho

13. Designing Customized ESP Materials: Principles, Procedure and Practice

Meera Srinivas

14. Translanguaging, Spices and Authentic Materials

Madhavi Gayathri Raman and Vijaya

V. Assessment and Evaluation

15. In Teachers’ Hands: Where Formative Assessment Comes to Life in Unforeseen Ways

Jacob Tharu

16. Peer Feedback in L2 Writing

Ramanujam Parthasarathy

17. Giving Feedback to Treat ESL Writing as a Process: Ideas and Challenges

Lina Mukhopadhyay

18. Assessment for Development through Portfolios

Ravinarayan Chakrakodi

VI. Technology-aided Teaching and Learning

19. From Black Board to White Board and Beyond: The Role of ICTs in Reforming English Language Classrooms in Tamil Nadu

Elizabeth Eldho and Rajesh Kumar

20. Bringing Digital Literacy into the ESL Classroom: Enhancing Language Learning Tasks using Web 2.0 Tools

Kshema Jose

21. Design-Based Research for Technology Enabled Language Learning: From Theory to Practice

Jennifer Thomas and Nishevita Jayendran

22. Using Google Classroom as a Learning Management System: An Exploratory Study

Cherry Mathew Philipose and Sheeja Rajagopal

VII. Inclusive Education

23. Inclusive Practices: Equitable Learning for All

Kirti Kapur

24. Lessons in Disability: Acceptance and Inclusion

Shubhangi Vaidya

Biography

Ruchi Kaushik is Associate Professor of English at Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, India. She has authored Listening and Speaking XI (2014) and co-authored and co-edited Language, Literature and Creativity II (2013). Presently, she is Associate Editor of FORTELL: Journal of Teaching English Language and Literature.

A.L. Khanna retired as Reader in English from Rajdhani College, University of Delhi. He co-edited Research in Applied Linguistics with R.K. Agnihotri. Presently, he is the Coordinating Editor of FORTELL: Journal of Teaching English Language and Literature and one of the Chief Editors of Language and Language Teaching.